[ajko711]

Hi all,

I'm finally ridding of my PC and the last thing I need is a way to get a USB connection for my Palm Vx. Preferably, it would have USB speed transfers and charge, but just syncronizing would be good enough. It has to be compatible with OS X (yes, I know a million conduits are missing; if I can just sync I'll be happy). What are my options, if any? I'm assuming the Palm USB Cradle won't fit my Vx...

[eep!]

you need the Palm USB Connect Kit, it's a genuine palm product and works like a charm (it's cheap too)
it's just a serial-usb adapter so you'll keep your cradle and charger.
It works fine in osx as the drivers are installed with Palm Desktop 4 for Mac OS X.

[ajko711]

Does the USB Connect Kit adapter still limit transfer speeds to that of a serial connection? In other words, still a lot slower than my wife's Visor USB sync?

[eep!]

i think it does, after all it is a just a serial adapter, isn't there a usb cradle available for the VX?

[fisherKing]

the palm serial-to-usb kit works fine, the speed is determined by the usb port (the serial adapter is just that, an adapter)

works perfectly with palm desktop 4.0

[Simon]

Originally posted by eep!:
<STRONG>you need the Palm USB Connect Kit, it's a genuine palm product and works like a charm (it's cheap too)
it's just a serial-usb adapter so you'll keep your cradle and charger.
It works fine in osx as the drivers are installed with Palm Desktop 4 for Mac OS X.</STRONG>

You say the drivers are installed for MacOS X. I tested the beta with my Vx and USB adapter on my iMac DV+ running OS X and it didn't work, because the damn software didn't see the Palm. So, did I do something wrong or did this get fixed somewhere between the beta and the final release?

[eep!]

i had a little trouble at first too, the palm couldn't establish a connection with the hotsync software. so i tried unplugging-the-re-plugging the adapter, that fixes it, though sometimes it reverts to odd behaviour.